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Impeachment by the People

By Howard Zinn, AlterNet. Posted February 3, 2007.


Remembering our country's history of grassroots movements can energize calls for impeachment of Bush and Cheney.

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Courage is in short supply in Washington, D.C. The realities of the Iraq War cry out for the overthrow of a government that is criminally responsible for death, mutilation, torture, humiliation, chaos.

But all we hear in the nation's capital, which is the source of those catastrophes, is a whimper from the Democratic Party, muttering and nattering about "unity" and "bipartisanship," in a situation that calls for bold action to immediately reverse the present course.

These are the Democrats who were brought to power in November by an electorate fed up with the war, furious at the Bush Administration, and counting on the new majority in Congress to represent the voters.

But if sanity is to be restored in our national policies, it can only come about by a great popular upheaval, pushing both Republicans and Democrats into compliance with the national will.

The Declaration of Independence, revered as a document but ignored as a guide to action, needs to be read from pulpits and podiums, on street corners and community radio stations throughout the nation. Its words, forgotten for over two centuries, need to become a call to action for the first time since it was read aloud to crowds in the early excited days of the American Revolution: "Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and institute new government."

The "ends" referred to in the Declaration are the equal right of all to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." True, no government in the history of the nation has been faithful to those ends. Favors for the rich, neglect of the poor, massive violence in the interest of continental and world expansion -- that is the persistent record of our government.

Still, there seems to be a special viciousness that accompanies the current assault on human rights, in this country and in the world. We have had repressive governments before, but none has legislated the end of habeas corpus, nor openly supported torture, nor declared the possibility of war without end. No government has so casually ignored the will of the people, affirmed the right of the president to ignore the Constitution, even to set aside laws passed by Congress.

The time is right, then, for a national campaign calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

Representative John Conyers, who held extensive hearings and introduced an impeachment resolution when the Republicans controlled Congress, is now head of the House Judiciary Committee and in a position to fight for such a resolution. He has apparently been silenced by his Democratic colleagues who throw out as nuggets of wisdom the usual political palaver about "realism" (while ignoring the realities staring them in the face) and politics being "the art of the possible" (while setting limits on what is possible).

I know I'm not the first to talk about impeachment. Indeed, judging by the public opinion polls, there are millions of Americans, indeed a majority of those polled, who declare themselves in favor if it is shown that the President lied us into war (a fact that is not debatable).

There are at least a half-dozen books out on impeachment, and it's been argued for eloquently by some of our finest journalists, John Nichols and Lewis Lapham among them. Indeed, an actual "indictment" has been drawn up by a former federal prosecutor, Elizabeth de la Vega, in a new book called United States v. George W. Bush et al, making a case, in devastating detail, to a fictional grand jury.


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IMPEACH THE MURDEROUS LITTLE THUG
Posted by: Tom Degan on Feb 3, 2007 1:30 AM   
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That this is the most corrupt and incompetent adminisration in the history of human embarrassment there can be little if no debate by now. By now it is obvious to anyone with half a brain (Attention: Viewers of FOX and Friends) That Saddam Hussein was a threat to one one but himself and that the only reason for going into Iraq in the fifst place was to seize the second largest oils reserves on the planet. They concentrated on slivers of information (obviously forged documents, for instance) that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and ignored mountains of evidence that it did not.

As a result of the stupidity and greed of a handful of evil men, over half a million Iraqi men, women and little children are dead - not to mention thirty-one hundred U.S. servicemen and women.

This will be the year the trillion dollar shithammer comes crashing down upon this White House, pulverizing the First Fool and everyone connected to him. Our leaders have got to know that they will act for what's good for the United States or we will take matters into our own hands at the ballad box.

I am confident - not to the point of giddiness but reasonably confident - that by this time next year George W. Bush and Dick Cheney will be out of office and on their sorry way to federal prison.

In the New York Times two weeks ago, Paul Krugman remarked that 2007 will see a "rolling constittutional crisis". The next year is going to be, to say the least, interesting.

Pray for peace.

Tom Degan
Goshen, NY
"The Rant" by Tom Degan

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» Thank you, Janet! Posted by: Tom Degan
» Confident? Posted by: mizipi
» Hold on thar, Mizipi! Posted by: Tom Degan
» RE: Hold on thar, Mizipi! Posted by: Jennahluv
» RE: Confident? Posted by: douglashoyt
» It Will Never Happen Posted by: braxxian
» RE: It Will Happen Posted by: sheena2u
» RE: IMPEACH THE MURDEROUS LITTLE THUG Posted by: Conservasaurus
IMPEACH THE ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION OR ELSE
Posted by: xbj on Feb 3, 2007 3:13 AM   
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If Congress doesn't step up to do the will of the American People, and quickly, there won't be an America to give a damn about.

It's that simple. The suicidal desperate moronic maniacs with Messiah complexes all will absolutely suicide the US against China over the nuking of Iran.

And the entire US will finally experience their horrific karma from Hiroshima and Nagasaki right up until the last baby killed in Iraq, and it won't be pleasant, and it will be fatal.

God created a spiritual Law as an integral part of this Universe, and it is just as sure as the Law of Gravity; WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND. Sooner or later. And inevitably. America has escaped just retribution for far too long, and its grace period is just about to run out.

Barring a military coup or impeachment, all of America had better make your peace with their Maker, or alternately, bend over and kiss your ass goodbye. Hitler's in his bunker, and about to bring down all of Berlin around him, and this time he got THE BUTTON.

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» RE: IMPEACH arrest Posted by: sasquuatch55
» RE: IMPEACH arrest Posted by: xbj
Dream a little dream for me
Posted by: mizipi on Feb 3, 2007 3:20 AM   
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Bill Clinton was raised by a single parent of the lower middle-class. He balanced the federal budget and started paying down the federal debt, things that are advantageous to the middle-class and poor. He actually made the super-rich pay more taxes - gee, it really hurts when one makes $10,000,000 a year and has to pay $3,000,000 in taxes, leaving only $7,000,000 to live-off. On the other hand, George Bush is a part of the American aristocracy. Clinton was impeached because he told a lie about a blow-job, though that lie had nothing to do with how he was doing his job as President. Bush has told - well, there's no need to go into what Bush has done. Anyway, to think that a person of Bush's social standing will ever be impeached or held accountable for how he has fulfilled his oath to the office of the Presidency, dream on. Look in any prison in America, there ain't no rich folks in there, but the poor and middle-class are well represented. I would like to see justice done to George Bush, but I would like to spend some time with Jessica Alba, and it ain't gonna happen! Dream big, but think reality!

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» RE: Dream a little dream for me Posted by: MyLeftFoot
Revolution
Posted by: oneyedjack on Feb 3, 2007 3:40 AM   
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The proof necessary to convict the enemies of the people is every kind of evidence, either material or moral or verbal or written. . . . Every citizen has the right to seize conspirators and counter-revolutionaries and to arraign them before magistrates. He is required to denounce them when he knows of them.

Law of 22 Prairial Year II (June 10, 1794)

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Hold on thar!
Posted by: Tom Degan on Feb 3, 2007 3:43 AM   
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Mizipi,
But they will be held accountable, my friend. You and I will shut this country down until it happens. Count on it.
Cheers!
Tom Degan

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#1. IMPEACH BUSH
Posted by: greentime on Feb 3, 2007 5:16 AM   
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Rats WILL desert a sinking ship. Count on it.
THEN...

2. elect Al Gore (Environmental Nobel Peace Prize (expected) winner) to US President - or better yet, give him the presidency because he already won it!

3. Let the world courts tackle Cheney, Rummy and the other dummies for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Serve them up on their own silver platters. (we know they have them)

4. Do what Mandela did in South Africa - forgive each perpetrator of crimes against the people and web of life of the planet Earth AFTER they confess to their crimes and make them do restorative justice.

5. Make saving the earth a priority (see 2.)

6. Declare the age of Empire O-V-E-R and become an Earth Community (see 2.)

7. Honor the UN scientists for their global warming report

8. Build municipally owned solar and wind farms throughout the world.

9. Make "W" write the word n-u-c-l-e-a-r, 2 miilion times and then ban all nukes and nuclear energy - DUH, because of the waste products.

10. Give a full price tax break to all citizens who buy a car that gets over 60 miles per gallon on a fuel that doesn't pollute.

11. Ooops! First create a car that gets over 60 miles per gallon on a fuel that doesn't pollute.

12. If it is true that two French men created a car that runs on compressed air, give them the next Environmental Nobel Peace Prize and go into production on every continent giving them credit, free patents and full patent protection and whatever else they want.

HUZZAH!

note: I posted this as a response to another article but it belongs here too. I believe Howard Zinn should head a National Peace Department (or any other Department he chooses) and if Al Gore were President, we'd have such a department.

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» RE: #1. IMPEACH BUSH Posted by: distancebiker23
The Next Step?
Posted by: tiellis on Feb 3, 2007 5:22 AM   
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Dear friends,

I entirely agree, of course, with Howard Zinn and all of you about the absolute necessity of impeaching and convicting this criminal regime, in order to restore a measure of sanity and integrity to this corrupted republic-turned-empire, and to protect us all from the catastrophes looming on the near horizon if this desperate, cornered-rat criminal regime remains in power.

And while I think Zinn is a bit optimistic about the likelihood of modern, brainwashed, couch-potato Americans showing anything resembling the guts and determination of our revolutionary forebearers, his basic thesis is sound: if this impeachment is to go forward, it must be the result of a focused and determined grass-roots effort from all of us.

So what is the next step? With the Internet, we have many powerful organizing tools that our ancestors (those Committees of Correspondence) never dreamed of--such as many of the impeachment sites that have already sprung up--but sitting in front of a computer and firing off action alert letters will not be enough to get the job done--nor will mass protests, which the Corporate Media simply ignore and belittle.

So what haven't we tried? Exactly what Zinn says: organize Citizen's Impeachment Hearings at our local public libraries, bring Impeachment Resolutions to our city councils and state legislatures, set up Impeachment Tables at all local community events, build coalitions among community groups supporting Impeachment, and keep the heat on until Congress can no longer ignore us. That, and keep in touch via the Net and share success stories.

Coalition Building is another useful technique: work with existing peace groups, global climate groups, environmental groups, labor groups, etc. to collectively point the finger at the Bush Regime for their shared grievances (which is of course entirely justifiable), and get them ALL to endorse Impeachment.

These are a few of the ways to get the ball rolling. Remember the wonderful response that Cesar Chavez gave to the interviewer who asked him how he got to be such a superb social organizer: "First I talk to one person, then to another, then to another..."

Best wishes,

Tom

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» Nothing is gained by cynicism. Posted by: johngary66
» Another Group to Contact Posted by: solstice
Don
Posted by: gdonald on Feb 3, 2007 6:24 AM   
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Oh Foolish American's, who hath bewitched you. All this talk about impeachment. All this boo hooing about how Democrats won't impeach Bush and Cheney. Why are you so surprised. How many decades of Democrats in control then Republicans in control don't you understand yet. Neither of these two main parties is interested in abiding, enforcing or living by the Constitution or Bill of Rights of this Republic. Not one of the traitorous politicians of either party can even correctly call us a Republic. They say we are a democracy which is a lie. If they can't get somethong a simple as that right how can you think they'll get anything else right.

Al Gore as President is as big a nightmare as Bush being President. Hillary for President is as big a mistake as Bill being President. We don't need more scandals we need solutions. Neither Republiccans nor Democrats will offer solutions just more of the same.

There has to be something to HARRP that keeps the masses operating in this state of mind that the same election behavior will some how produce a different result. People, it is insanity to believe in or follow after either Republicans or Democrats or to place hope in either party

Yes, I agree with one response, a revolution is needed. This revolution needs to first be an awakening from the insane belief that the same election behavior by voters brings about different results. Then the next revolution needs to be a voting in of independents, people who aren't corrupted such as lawyers and other professionals with corporate ties. but We need farmers, small business men, ranchers, real people, with the common sense and courage to reverse the decades of corruption by both Democrats and Republicans. Can this happen? Not with the present mentality of the masses believing we are a democracy of mob rule.

So start learning about the truth of our nations roots and history so that we'll have a much better pool of people to elect than the present idiots in Washington. Oh, by the way. Don't bother going to your local government school to find a good history book. The history in these books is so far from the real facts that you won't learn the truth from them. Start with the Federalist Papers. Of course that requires reading and our politicians and their campaign strategists already know that the majority don't read or research. So I guess we're all really dreaming to think change will happen when the hope of it all rests in we the people.

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» Impeach the Dem's! Posted by: MartianBachelor
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» Your not part of the solution. Posted by: johngary66
» You could not be more correct... Posted by: ShrubtheWarcriminal
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» and i meant to add education Posted by: nor cal surfer
» RE: Don Posted by: General
The time has come
Posted by: Careowhacked on Feb 3, 2007 7:02 AM   
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I first read Howard Zinn back in 1991 as a junior in HS. He got me excited about history and the importance of understanding the past. Thank you, Mr. Zinn for continueing to fight for the Peoples History and all it stands for!
Impeachment is the logical step if one follows the Constitution (I know, actually using the document rather than ignoring it, novelty in this day and age.) and the time has come to allow the system to play its course.
The election was viewed as a sweeping voice of change, but it is up to us, the people, to see that our will is carried out. If revolution is what's needed, we should turn to the example of our "founding fathers" and step up to the challenge of protecting the ideals and fundamental freedoms we hold so dear.
Yes, start public readings of the Declaration, form groups and hold local impeachment hearings, but will the establishment in Washington listen? Perhaps, but not likely.
We need more concrete strategies, actions to put pressure on the ruling elite. Why not borrow from the European's and organize a general strike. Shut down the means of production and commerce. . .

The time has definetly come for sweeping radical change and it is up to each and everyone of us to get off our comfortable butts and do it.

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Impeach Bush and....
Posted by: veggiegrrrl on Feb 3, 2007 7:40 AM   
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Impeach Bush and....
Dalai Lama for president.

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» RE: Impeach Bush and.... Posted by: Dboy
Bush is back on Jim Beam and Cocaine and who knows
Posted by: albrechtkrausse on Feb 3, 2007 8:04 AM   
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what other drugs. Unfortunately, instead of making him have a good time these substances have rotted his brain to the point that he has becoming totally unhinged.
1) he was caught laughing manically whilst trying to run over the press corps with a bulldozer.
2) his speeches, while never eloquent, have become very rambling and incoherent.
3) now he cannot pronounce even common words and stumbles/slurs words all the time.
4) at photo-ops he has a dishelved, hungover, bewildered appearance like he just got rousted by a cop while passed out on a cheap mattress in a flophouse after a week long binge of cheap bourbon and cocaine with a strung-out teenage prostitute with meth-mouth teeth and acne and a rash all over her emaciated body-- and he cannot remember her name or how he got there.

Time for the 24th Amendment folks. No impeachment. Simply remove him for loss of mental faculty. In fact, we can hold him for observation immediately for 48hrs since he is a danger to himself or others. He has access to NUKES!!

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Democracy is Imperiled at every level of Government
Posted by: lulugeez on Feb 3, 2007 8:06 AM   
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Zinn's essay is a recipe for the restoration of our democracy, which is imperliled at every level of government in this country. With the recent canonization of Gerald R. Ford as our most sainted president, we've had to endure a sickening litany in praise of his pardon of Nixon. What Ford's pardon did was to enable future presidents, legislators, judges, mayors and city councilors to act without fear of consequence. All over this land, the will of the citizenry is of negligible concern because we not only continue to re-elect incumbents who have voted against our interests, but also have allowed the criminal behavior of politicians to go unpunished. Let's remember that Nixon was actually afraid of going to prison--indeed he had good reason for this fear. By pardonning Nixon, Ford placed the presidency above the law. The result has been, not only a series of presidents who have violated the Constitution in broad daylight, but also a coup d'etat which had changed our system of government from a democracy to a hagiocracy. Impeachment is not enough for Bush. He has committed treason and should be imprisoned.

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Restore the Independent Special Prosecutor position
Posted by: thoughtcriminal on Feb 3, 2007 8:36 AM   
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Let's see: Ken Starr targeted Clinton for:
1) Involvement in a Whitewater land deal involving an associate of the President fraudulently obtaining a $300,000 loan.
2) Lying before a jury about an affair with an intern.
3) The Vince Foster suicide, which conservative right wing radicals claimed was a murder and cover-up.
4) An alleged scandal called "Troopergate" about Arkansas police officers acting as pimps.
5) The Paula Jones case, which was pumped up by Ann Coulter

Now, all this resulted in the House voting to impeach Clinton on charge#2, which the Senate declined to do. Think about that for a while.

Now, what are George W. Bush's impeachable crimes?
1) Running an illegal domestic spying operation involving the most powerful covert institutions on the planet - the NSA, the FBI, the CIA and the DIA - that targeted the American people.
2) Lying to Congress and to the public about the evidence that Iraq had chemical, nuclear and biological weapons, and about Iraq's connections to 9/11
3) Revealing the identity of a covert CIA operative in an act of political retaliation.
4) Fraudulently delivering billions of dollars of no-bid contracts to Halliburton, Bechtel, et. al and refusing to investigate fraud and other abuses by the contractors.
5) Failing to act on warnings of impending terrorist attacks received in the summer of 2001.

Now, who is responsible for this gigantic disconnect? Who ran front-page announcements of Clinton's impeachment, day-in, day-out? Who refuses to even discuss the notion of impeachment of Bush or cover anything related to it? Who was the cheerleader for the Iraq invasion, who printed Bush's lies without even attempting to investigate whether they were true or not?

Yes - the corporate media - the propaganda arm of the military-industrial complex - that's who is responsible. They probably own your local newspaper, your local radio stations, and your local TV stations, in addition to all the major outlets, from FOX to CNN to ABC to NBC to CBS to the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal...

Why do they behave this way? Their corporate boards of directors are interlocked with the defense industry, the oil and coal industry, the pharmaceutical industry, Wall Street banks and hedge funds, agribusiness and junk food/tobacco corporations, telecommunications corporations - and so on.

What you are looking at is the rise of corporate fascism in the United States under the guise of 'free-market reforms' - and fascism, like every other totalitarian system from monarchy to communism, relies on initial control of the media and of academia.

Think about that for a while... and I didn't even discuss the current corporate control over academic institutions in the United States - but Hitler's Scientists: Science, War, and the Devil's Pact is worth looking into:

Wernher von Braun's claim to be apolitical fares no better under Mr. Cornwell's sharp research lens and pen. Yet he, like most scientists in the book, is not evil. Rather, each one is remarkably human. Even in the insidious step-by-step march from eugenics to The Final Solution, the choices made by individual scientists are unsurprising. Those are the small details from which the devil's pact of the subtitle arises. Those actions of indifference and self-interest transformed independent individuals into enablers of evil.

Scientists and journalists/editors - the same concept applies.

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Sorry Yet??
Posted by: MAD on Feb 3, 2007 8:42 AM   
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So, are all you big Dem fans satisfied that your votes served a greater purpose? Remember all that fierce talk about electing leaders who would hold Bush accountable? Remember how many people warned you that electing the Democrats, rather than looking at alternatives, would only end in disappointment? SO, sorry yet?

I understand that there were not viable alternatives in every instance, but honestly, how goddamn stupid are we? We know that politics is the nexus of money, corruption and greed, and D.C. has become nothing more than a corporate whorehouse where our elected officials pimp themselves to the highest bidder. AIPAC and the Big Oil Lobby come to mind. So I ask you, how does this resemble a democracy in any way?

With all due respect Howard, your naivete is touching and your books are amazing but I think you're getting a little long in the tooth to be holding on to such romantic notions of a Democrat-sponsored revolt. The hour is getting late and the only people we have ever been able to count on HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS! Enough with this silly talk of the Dems impeaching Bush. That was taken OFF THE TABLE, remember? They meant it.

Now, how about growing some balls and taking action youselves? How about civil disobedience on such a scale that there is no "overlooking" it? Let's shut down several metropolitan areas and force them to face the prospect of having to arrest tens of thousands of us at a time. Let's put those damn KBR camps to good use! Let's start parking tractor trailors and CAT front-end loaders right on main street and shut down traffic and commerce. Let's blockade the entrances to Exxon stations and Wal-Marts. You'll be amazed how quickly things get rolling when the big boys are threatened.

Time to show the world that we are not the pathetic, sorry ass cowards they think we are, and I'm beginning to believe we are. Oh, that's right - I forgot. Americans are real big talkers but not much for action. We can't be troubled to do more than cast a vote every four years, then it's back to the status quo. Say what you want about the conservatives, but they certainly do more than talk!

Thanks for the speeches Tom but we need more than blind faith in politicians. What do we do when one group of politicians gets us into trouble? Turn to another group! Give me a break! Politicians aren't good for much and they certainly aren't going to fix this mess. We do it or it won't get done. Why is that so hard to understand?

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http://www.mayyoubeblessedmovie.com/
Posted by: SALLY EVANS on Feb 3, 2007 9:01 AM   
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THIS IS FOR ALL WHO SEEK JUSTICE, TRUTH AND PEACE FOR OUR AMERICA AND THE WORLD

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» Your link was very pretty but... Posted by: ShrubtheWarcriminal
It is time to DO!
Posted by: ErHoff on Feb 3, 2007 9:03 AM   
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It is time to DO!
Our country came to be by those that did, by those that had to fight the British Empire. We now have to have leaders that aren't going to be trading in a fight for our Constitutional American Government for a sit-on-your-ass, bipartisan, non-binding, dose of wishful thinking. There is lots of cash at the top, to spread around Washington, to keep the powerless where they are; but the people are getting fed up.

It is time for the bemused Democrats to appropriate a spine, and leave the dialect of Bipartisanship to the Republicans that got us into this crisis. Let the sick sadistic ignoramuses on the other side of the isle to shit or get off the potium. Impeachment is the centerpiece on the table, even if the speaker wants to put her head in the sand.

I think the Democrats are sooooo worried that they might seem weak, that they are like the abused victim: afraid to do what it takes to change. Well the clock is ticking on the spineless Democrats that wont do there jobs.

Now is the time for the Democratic Party to remember why they exist. They are here to represent the people; they are here to promote the idea that governments are established by the people, for the people, and of the people, not just 5% of the richest class. Government is best when it protects the powerless from the powerful.

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Sounds good to me.
Posted by: ladyjustice on Feb 3, 2007 9:05 AM   
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Sounds good to me.

simpleimpeach.com

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We need Action
Posted by: ErHoff on Feb 3, 2007 9:37 AM   
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Our country came to be by those that did, by those that had to fight the British Empire. We now need leaders that aren't going to be trading a fight for our Constitutional American Government for a sit-on-your-ass, bipartisan, non-binding, dose of wishful thinking. There is lots of cash at the top, to spread around Washington, to keep the powerless where they are; but the people are getting fed up.

It is time for the bemused Democrats to appropriate a spine, and leave the dialect of Bipartisanship to the Republicans that got us into this crisis. Let the sick sadistic ignoramuses on the other side of the isle shit or get off the podium. Impeachment is the centerpiece on the table, even if some Democrats and Independents wants to put their heads in the sand.

I think the Democrats are sooooo worried that they might seem weak that they are like the abused victim: afraid to do what it takes to change. Well the clock is ticking on the spineless Democrats that won't do their jobs and instead of impeachment of the most vile and corrupt administration in the history of the country, the Democrats pat themselves on the back because they move minimum wage from one level of poverty to another level of poverty; too little, to late.

The Democratic Party of 2006 slogan: Too little to late or No, your other Left!

Now is the time for the Democratic Party to remember why they exist. They are here to represent the people; they are here to promote the idea that governments are established by the people, for the people, and of the people, not just 5% of the richest class. Government is best when it protects the powerless from the powerful.

I hope to see action that saves my country soon.

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» RE: We need Action Posted by: MartianBachelor
Impeachment = little baby wars of choice in 2030
Posted by: eddie torres on Feb 3, 2007 11:24 AM   
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Purge the parasites BEFORE you target the host.

In the 1990s the NYPD watched every street for minor transgressions, and literally swept up minor league "criminals" in a Republican wet-dream mega-dragnet. The Giuliani logic was to stop little criminals from becoming big criminals with early "intervention."

Early "intervention" is the necessary approach in Congress, not impeachment. If Congress and the US public focus on the big bosses, the little fish will escape and someday grow up to have little baby wars of choice of their own.

Hang Libby, Wurmser, Bartlett, Daniels, Tenet, Feith, Hadley, and Natsios.

AND HANG ALL THEIR LITTLE DISCIPLES for the simplest of mistakes. You can be certain that the little fish have ALL committed little transgressions over 6 years by covering for their bosses, diverting a little gravy to their friends and financiers, rigging a few vote counts, and generally acting in a sneaky un-democratic manner.

The little fish of the past like Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter, Negroponte, Perle, Wolfowitz, Pipes, Fukuyama, Bolton, Bremer, Abrams, etc emerged from the scandals of the Nixon (Watergate) and Reagan (Iran-Contra) administrations and grew up to latch on to the Bush II clan. Naming them and exposing them to public scrutiny 20 or 30 years ago may have been more productive than targeting presidents and VPs who just go on to pardon each other anyway.

Can the current Congressional leadership plan for life beyond 2008? Unclear.

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» Agreed on your Giuliani conclusion Posted by: eddie torres
I LOVE ALTERNET, WHERE ELSE YOU COULD YOU BEGIN A REAL REVOLUTION!!!
Posted by: Prophit on Feb 3, 2007 11:56 AM   
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n/t

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OK, here are some suggestions and let me know what you think....
Posted by: Prophit on Feb 3, 2007 12:13 PM   
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I am sure everyone agrees there isn't a whole lot of time, right? So, someone has to contact the following organizations to get them to come on board as well.

1. Moveon.org

2. Cindy Sheehans people

3. Peace movement that organized that march a week ago.

4. True Majority

5. Impeachbush.com or .org, can't remember which.

6. Vets for peace

7. Vets against the war (I believe thats the name... there are two organizations and I can't rmemeber which is which)

8. Active military against the war.

9. Active militias.... Not all are bad you know. They are frustrated to and would join any effort to stop all of this... Remember this will only work if we cross all political leanings and boundaries and include all Americans.... Don't let the elite divide us at this crucial time. No egos, no agendas, etc. I know people in militias and I can contact them once we all agree on what it is we want to do. That civil disobedience thing sounds great with big tractors blocking roads, gas stations, corporate headquarters for military industrial complex etc.

10. Active labor unions. They would have the equipment to use to block the roads. We do this til they withdraw the troops or make them put us in camps like you said. Then we go on strike there too. No free slave labor. LOL

Ok, thats the extent of those I know about, but have no connection to. Does anyone know anybody from these groups and do you have anyother groups you can think of. Its the only way to do this quickly. We don't have a lot of time for ground up organization, we will have to piggyback off of those in existance already. How about sharing phone numbers and email addresses.....

Ok thats the beginning of my contribution.... anybody else? Don't get me all fired up and then cop out on this idea... OK?

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» Everyone Needs Posted by: eddie torres
» Another Group to Contact Posted by: solstice
Want to See The Sh*t Hit The Fan?
Posted by: mite on Feb 3, 2007 12:39 PM   
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File in Your County or State Court the following 'Public Notice Of Treason'.

You (Executive-Congress-Person) as a Public Official, who has sworn an "Oath of Office," to Defend, Protect, and Preserve the Constitution for the united States of this America against 'All' enemies, both 'Foreign' and 'Domestic', as well as its Citizens, and to Honor it as the Supreme Law of the Land; defined by Law as one oweing Allegiance to the united States of America in your position of 'Public Trust.

You by failure to honor your sworn Oath fulfills the requirements of an Act of Treason as cited in the United States Consititution, ( Article II, Sec:4, Article III, Sec: 2,3:) to wit: "in levying war against them [the States and "We the People"], or, in adhering to their enemies, [Federal Reserve and IRS], giving them aid and comfort."

'TREASON, by law, is punishable by the 'Death Penalty.'

For 93 years since December 23, 1913, our Presidents, Congress, and appointed officials of these individuals have adhered to these foreign and domestic bankers. Using there gestopo tactics of the IRS to commit acts of war against us.

"It could probably be shown by 'facts' and 'figures' that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except 'Congress'." Mark Twain, 1885

If we the people of this once great republic think this controlled government of the bankers are going to 'Impeach' anyone your dreaming again.

search www.video.google.com for: freedomtofascism, theft-by-deception, and money masters 1&2.

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Rich Guys don't do jail time
Posted by: Jennahluv on Feb 3, 2007 1:05 PM   
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I will have to agree with you here, although I would love to see Bush and Company rot in jail, I see it highly unlikely. I'm going to show my paranoia here and say, when I heard Ken Ley died before they could sentence him, my first thought was, bullshit. He's in Cental or South America somewhere laughing his ass off and living in opulence on the retirement money he stole from the employees and the investors of Enron! Probably had a face transplant. Jeeze, do I need help folks?

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» You are not alone Posted by: Inlander
» RE: You are not alone Posted by: Jennahluv
dearherb
Posted by: Herbert Levinson on Feb 3, 2007 1:26 PM   
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The US will be continue to be harmed until the American people realise who is really running the show. I beseech Americans to become familiar with the Rothschild Cartel. These are the people who have run our Country for more than the last 200 years. An Internet search of the Rothschild and the prominent figures in our country past and present will enlighten American voters

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» RE: dearherb Posted by: Krain61
tb bopper
Posted by: Bopper on Feb 3, 2007 1:40 PM   
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Many seem to think that the President has to be impeached first and then we are left with Cheney as a sour option or that impeaching both simultaneously is absurd. Most do not understand how swiftly and efficiently the electorate can carry out this formality. Read the following 20 questions regarding the ease of ridding ourselves of RC.

1. Q: How long would it take to eject a vice president from office by impeachment?

A: Theoretically it could be done in a day. In the morning a member of the House of Representatives could propose one or more Articles of Impeachment and then a vote could be called. A simple majority (50% plus one vote) is all that is needed to impeach. In the afternoon the Senate could try the case. A two-thirds vote is needed in the Senate to convict.

2. Q: Why is it so simple?

A: Because ejecting a person from high office is political, not judicial. The only punishment to be meted out is removal from office.

3. Q: What is an impeachable offense?

A: An impeachable offense can be as nebulous as “He practices cronyism.” We can call this a misdemeanor. According to the Constitution, Article II, Section 4, “The President, Vice President, and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” President Gerald Ford was correct when he said in 1970 that, “An impeachable offense is whatever the majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at any given moment in its history.”

4. Q: Is there any good argument against impeaching a vice president based on the notion that the person of greater authority – the president - should take responsibility for whatever happens in his administration?

A: No, none whatsoever.

5. Q: Would the Senate have to provide such things as reasonable time for the defense to prepare its case, and a close scrutinizing of evidence?

A: No. The Senate is procedurally bound only by the rules it makes for itself. The Constitution of the United States, Article I, Section 5 (2), says, “Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings.”

6. Q: Doesn’t the accused have rights? Where are the wheels of justice here?

A: Justice does not come into it. Think of it this way: If a congresswoman has done a fabulous job for two years, but fails to win reelection, does she have any redress? Of course not. She holds office at the pleasure of the voters, and they indicate their pleasure every two years. A president takes office at the pleasure of the voters, but he holds onto office at the pleasure of Congress. At any time in our history, Congress could have ejected a president or a vice president.

7. Q: Has this ever happened?

A: Congress has never impeached a vice president, but it impeached two presidents – Andrew Johnson and William Clinton. In both cases, the Senate subsequently failed to convict. Many people mistakenly believe that Richard Nixon, too, was impeached. The House Judiciary Committee had voted three Articles of Impeachment against him, but the matter was never put